EP0176048B1 - Bi-focussed solar energy concentrator - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to solar energy concentrators and more specifically to a concentrating lens and solar energy concentrator for focussing incident radiant energy on to incremental focal spots on the surface of a receiver.
- Solar energy collection systems which utilize optical concentrators to focus incident sunlight on to small energy receivers offer many cost and performance advantages over flat-plate solar energy collectors.
- heat collector applications the energy receiver area loses heat to the environment by radiation, convection and conduction. Accordingly, receivers with smaller receiver areas would have smaller heat losses and operate more efficiently.
- photovoltaic collector applications such focussing collectors would also utilize much smaller quantities of expensive semiconductor materials such as silicon, due to the smaller receiver area.
- One particularly effective solar concentrator is the linear Fresnel lens system of US Patent No. 4,069,812. That collector system has been developed to provide efficient collection of heat, photovoltaic electricity, and a combination of both.
- the concentration ratio which is defined as the lens aperture area divided by the illuminated receiver area, is practically limited to values between 25 and 50. It is highly desirable to provide higher concentration ratios of 100 to 200. Higher concentration ratios would allow the same radiant energy to be collected, for example, in a photovoltaic application, but would require significantly smaller solar photovoltaic cells thereby substantial reducing the cost of the system.
- a lens system for focusing radiant energy on an energy receiving means arranged along a longitudinal axis
- the lens system includes a first concentrator for initially focusing the incident energy in a first manner and a second concentrator comprising a Fresnel lens optically coupled to the first concentrator and being operable to refocus the initially focused radiant energy to form discrete focal areas on the energy receiving means, characterized in that the first concentrator comprises a plurality of cylindrical lens elements mounted adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the energy receiving means to receive the incident radiant energy for the initial focusing and the Fresnel lens of the second concentrator is optically coupled to the plurality of cylindrical lens elements to refocus the initially focused radiant energy, and in that said focal areas are spots.
- the elements 6 are arranged to be electrically connected together and the lens structure 1 is designed to be placed within the aperture of a solar energy housing such as shown in U.S. Patent 4,069,812.
- the lens structure 1 includes a series of cylindrical lens elements 2 mounted adjacently to each other along the length of the lens structure 1.
- the inner surface of the lens structure 1 is comprised of a plurality of linear prisms 4 mounted adjacently to each other in a direction perpendicular to the axes of the cylindrical lenses 2 and running parallel to the longitudinal receiver axis 8 of the collector.
- the cross-coupled lens structure 1 is arranged to focus incident energy upon a series of discrete photovoltaic cell elements 6.
- the energy incident upon the top of the lens structure 1 is focused in two directions such that the cylindrical lens elements 2 converge light toward incremental silicon cell elements 6 while the linear prisms 4 further focus the converging radiant energy along the receiving axis 8 thereby enabling the use of discrete silicon cells 6 instead of continuous row of cells. Accordingly less overall silicon is required and the cost of the system is significantly reduced while the overall efficiency or energy output from the system is not significantly reduced.
- FIG. 2 two of the cylindrical elements 10 and 12 are shown in detail together with associated lateral focal planes 14 and 16, respectively.
- the cylindrical elements 10 and 12 are designed to focus incident radiation generally along lateral axes 18 and 20, respectively.
- the lateral curvature of the cylindrical elements together with the Fresnel lens prisms 4 determine the lateral width of the focal spots 22 and 24 which are formed along the longitudinal axis 8, while the radius of curvature of the cylindrical elements 10 and 12 determine the length of the focal spots 22 and 24, respectively, along the longitudinal axis 8.
- the system is designed to maximize the concentration ratio and match the size of the focal spots to the size of the photovoltaic elements 6.
- the maximum practical concentration ratio defined as a lens aperture area divided by the illuminated receiver area, is about 25 to 50. Higher values are not practical because of the combined effects of the finite size of the sun and the dispersion of the various spectral components of incident solar radiation by the lens material. For many solar energy applications, it is desirable to achieve higher concentration ratios. For example, in photovoltaic cell conversion systems, the cell usually represents the most costly component of the system, even when used with a linear Fresnel lens with a concentration ratio of about 40. The cell cost contribution could be reduced by 75% if a concentration ratio of 160 were achievable instead of 40, since the cell area needed in the system is inversely proportional to the concentration ratio. The invention described herein allows the concentration ratio to be increased to 160 or higher, with substantial economic savings for solar energy conversion systems.
- the cross-coupled lens structure 1 refracts incident sunlight forming the convergent light rays which focus onto a series of colinear focal spots along the receiver axis 8 upon which are mounted the photovoltaic cells 6.
- An infinite variety of possible cross-coupled lens designs may be configured by varying, singly or in combination, the basic prismatic linear Fresnel lens design, the basic cylindrical lens element design, and the size, shape, and configuration of the cross-coupled lens.
- the preferred embodiment of the cross-coupled lens 1 consists of a single piece of optically clear material such as acrylic plastic, with the prismatic geometry molded in the inner surface of the material and with the cylindrical lens pattern molded into the outer surface of the material.
- the structure can be accomplished by compression molding of acrylic plastic or similar materials.
- An alternate method of making the cross-coupled lens is to individually extrude one sheet of acrylic plastic with the prismatic structure on one surface of the sheet, and to individually extrude a second sheet of acrylic plastic with the cylindrical lens pattern on one surface of that sheet.
- the two sheets of acrylic plastic can then be solvent laminated perpendicularly to one another to form the single piece cross-coupled lens structure 1 shown in the figure. In either case, it is.desirable to produce a single-piece construction cross-coupled lens.
- a typical size for the cross-coupled lens would be approximately twenty inches across the aperture with each cylindrical element 2 approximately 5 cm (two inches) wide. Each element would then provide a lens aperture area of 260 cm 2 (forty square inches). Optical analysis and prototype tests have shown that such a lens can easily focus incident sunlight to a focal spot smaller than 1.25x1.25 cm (.5 inchx.5 inch) square. Thus 260 cm 2 (40 square inches) of sunlight-collecting area can be focussed into a 0.6 cm (.25 square inch) focal spot, for a concentration ratio of 160.
- a complete cross-coupled lens could be approximately 300 cm (120 inches) long, made up of about 60 of the cylindrical lens elements along this length.
- This preferred embodiment uses the transmittance-optimized linear Fresnel lens design of U.S. Patent 4,069,812 combined with circular cylindrical lens elements with a radius of curvature appropriately selected to provide the best possible focussing upon the elements 6.
- the design and optimization of such a cross-coupled lens is most easily done with a ray- trace computer program, which traces individual rays of various wavelengths from various parts of the sun through the lens and on to the focal spots.
- the radiant energy distributions in the focal spot can be tailored for various applications.
- a preferred embodiment of the cross-coupled lens involves its use in with small photovoltaic cells placed at each of the focal spots. These individual photovoltaic cells produce electricity directly from the concentrated sunlight.
- the cross-coupled lens allows the concentration ratio to be very high thereby maximizing the efficiency and minimizing the cost of the cells.
- Another advantageous feature of the cross-coupled lens is its smooth outer surface, which can be easily cleaned by rain or by washing with water and mild detergent.
- Another feature of the cross-coupled lens is its ability to be manufactured in flat form, and then manipulated into the desired arched shape. Flat lens manufacture is generally easier and more economical than arched lens manufacture. The final arched lens shape is desirable from both optical and mechanical considerations.
- an arched Fresnel lens is more efficient than a flat Fresnel lens and is structurally superior to a flat lens.
- a preferred embodiment of the present invention would be implemented through a cross-coupled lens which is arched in order to maximize the efficiency of the concentrator, although the flat lens could be used for applications not requiring high efficiencies.
- the cylindrical lens elements 2 can be of constant radius of curvature or varying radius of curvature, depending upon the desired focal spot radiant energy distribution.
- the radius curvature of the elements 2 can be varied from the center of the Fresnel lens to the edge of the Fresnel lens, higher concentration ratios can be obtained.
- a varying radius of curvature geometry will probably be more expensive than a constant radius of curvature, since the latter can be made by extrusion of acrylic plastic or other materials.
- the optimal shape of the cylindrical elements 2 will therefore depend upon the specific application of the cross-coupled lens concentrator.
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Description
- The present invention relates generally to solar energy concentrators and more specifically to a concentrating lens and solar energy concentrator for focussing incident radiant energy on to incremental focal spots on the surface of a receiver.
- Solar energy collection systems which utilize optical concentrators to focus incident sunlight on to small energy receivers offer many cost and performance advantages over flat-plate solar energy collectors. In heat collector applications, the energy receiver area loses heat to the environment by radiation, convection and conduction. Accordingly, receivers with smaller receiver areas would have smaller heat losses and operate more efficiently. In photovoltaic collector applications, such focussing collectors would also utilize much smaller quantities of expensive semiconductor materials such as silicon, due to the smaller receiver area. One particularly effective solar concentrator is the linear Fresnel lens system of US Patent No. 4,069,812. That collector system has been developed to provide efficient collection of heat, photovoltaic electricity, and a combination of both. However, due to the basic physics of linear Fresnel lens concentrators, the concentration ratio, which is defined as the lens aperture area divided by the illuminated receiver area, is practically limited to values between 25 and 50. It is highly desirable to provide higher concentration ratios of 100 to 200. Higher concentration ratios would allow the same radiant energy to be collected, for example, in a photovoltaic application, but would require significantly smaller solar photovoltaic cells thereby substantial reducing the cost of the system.
- It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a more effective solar energy concentrator which can provide higher concentration ratios than conventional linear Fresnel lenses.
- It is another object of the present invention to optically combine a linear Fresnel lens with a series of cylindrical lens elements to provide a cross-coupled optical concentrator which produces a series of focal spots at a receiver axis.
- It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a more cost effective photovoltaic energy conversion system by using a cross-coupled dual lens system in combination with smaller photovoltaic cells.
- In accomplishing these and other objects, there has been provided, in accordance with the present. invention, a lens system for focusing radiant energy on an energy receiving means arranged along a longitudinal axis wherein the lens system includes a first concentrator for initially focusing the incident energy in a first manner and a second concentrator comprising a Fresnel lens optically coupled to the first concentrator and being operable to refocus the initially focused radiant energy to form discrete focal areas on the energy receiving means, characterized in that the first concentrator comprises a plurality of cylindrical lens elements mounted adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the energy receiving means to receive the incident radiant energy for the initial focusing and the Fresnel lens of the second concentrator is optically coupled to the plurality of cylindrical lens elements to refocus the initially focused radiant energy, and in that said focal areas are spots.
- A better understanding of the present invention may be had from the following detailed description, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
- Fig. 1 shows a perspective cut-away view of a preferred embodiment of the cross-coupled bi- focussing lens system of the present invention; and
- Fig. 2 illustrates certain operational aspects of the lens system.
- Referring to Fig. 1 in detail, there is shown a cross-coupled lens structure 1 and
photovoltaic elements 6. Theelements 6 are arranged to be electrically connected together and the lens structure 1 is designed to be placed within the aperture of a solar energy housing such as shown in U.S. Patent 4,069,812. The lens structure 1 includes a series ofcylindrical lens elements 2 mounted adjacently to each other along the length of the lens structure 1. The inner surface of the lens structure 1 is comprised of a plurality of linear prisms 4 mounted adjacently to each other in a direction perpendicular to the axes of thecylindrical lenses 2 and running parallel to the longitudinal receiver axis 8 of the collector. The cross-coupled lens structure 1 is arranged to focus incident energy upon a series of discretephotovoltaic cell elements 6. Without thecylindrical lens elements 2, incident sunlight would be refracted by the Fresnel lens prisms 4 and focussed along a longitudinal axis 8 located at the focal axis of the Fresnel lens as shown in U.S. Patent 4,069,812. While that construction is very efficient, it requires a continuous photovoltaic surface along the axis 8 in order to maximize the energy output from the energy focused thereon by the Fresnel lens elements 4. That process is relatively expensive because of the relatively high costs of the silicon elements generally used in converting radiant energy into electrical energy. Through the implementation of the cross-coupledcylindrical lens elements 2 superimposed upon the Fresnel lens 4, the energy incident upon the top of the lens structure 1 is focused in two directions such that thecylindrical lens elements 2 converge light toward incrementalsilicon cell elements 6 while the linear prisms 4 further focus the converging radiant energy along the receiving axis 8 thereby enabling the use ofdiscrete silicon cells 6 instead of continuous row of cells. Accordingly less overall silicon is required and the cost of the system is significantly reduced while the overall efficiency or energy output from the system is not significantly reduced. - In Fig. 2, two of the
cylindrical elements focal planes cylindrical elements lateral axes focal spots cylindrical elements focal spots photovoltaic elements 6. - For the optimized lens described in U.S. Patent 4,069,812, the maximum practical concentration ratio, defined as a lens aperture area divided by the illuminated receiver area, is about 25 to 50. Higher values are not practical because of the combined effects of the finite size of the sun and the dispersion of the various spectral components of incident solar radiation by the lens material. For many solar energy applications, it is desirable to achieve higher concentration ratios. For example, in photovoltaic cell conversion systems, the cell usually represents the most costly component of the system, even when used with a linear Fresnel lens with a concentration ratio of about 40. The cell cost contribution could be reduced by 75% if a concentration ratio of 160 were achievable instead of 40, since the cell area needed in the system is inversely proportional to the concentration ratio. The invention described herein allows the concentration ratio to be increased to 160 or higher, with substantial economic savings for solar energy conversion systems.
- By providing bi-directional focussing, the cross-coupled lens structure 1 refracts incident sunlight forming the convergent light rays which focus onto a series of colinear focal spots along the receiver axis 8 upon which are mounted the
photovoltaic cells 6. An infinite variety of possible cross-coupled lens designs may be configured by varying, singly or in combination, the basic prismatic linear Fresnel lens design, the basic cylindrical lens element design, and the size, shape, and configuration of the cross-coupled lens. - The preferred embodiment of the cross-coupled lens 1 consists of a single piece of optically clear material such as acrylic plastic, with the prismatic geometry molded in the inner surface of the material and with the cylindrical lens pattern molded into the outer surface of the material. The structure can be accomplished by compression molding of acrylic plastic or similar materials. An alternate method of making the cross-coupled lens is to individually extrude one sheet of acrylic plastic with the prismatic structure on one surface of the sheet, and to individually extrude a second sheet of acrylic plastic with the cylindrical lens pattern on one surface of that sheet. The two sheets of acrylic plastic can then be solvent laminated perpendicularly to one another to form the single piece cross-coupled lens structure 1 shown in the figure. In either case, it is.desirable to produce a single-piece construction cross-coupled lens.
- A typical size for the cross-coupled lens would be approximately twenty inches across the aperture with each
cylindrical element 2 approximately 5 cm (two inches) wide. Each element would then provide a lens aperture area of 260 cm2 (forty square inches). Optical analysis and prototype tests have shown that such a lens can easily focus incident sunlight to a focal spot smaller than 1.25x1.25 cm (.5 inchx.5 inch) square. Thus 260 cm2 (40 square inches) of sunlight-collecting area can be focussed into a 0.6 cm (.25 square inch) focal spot, for a concentration ratio of 160. A complete cross-coupled lens could be approximately 300 cm (120 inches) long, made up of about 60 of the cylindrical lens elements along this length. This preferred embodiment uses the transmittance-optimized linear Fresnel lens design of U.S. Patent 4,069,812 combined with circular cylindrical lens elements with a radius of curvature appropriately selected to provide the best possible focussing upon theelements 6. The design and optimization of such a cross-coupled lens is most easily done with a ray- trace computer program, which traces individual rays of various wavelengths from various parts of the sun through the lens and on to the focal spots. By varying the design of the prisms and/or the cylindrical elements, the radiant energy distributions in the focal spot can be tailored for various applications. - A preferred embodiment of the cross-coupled lens involves its use in with small photovoltaic cells placed at each of the focal spots. These individual photovoltaic cells produce electricity directly from the concentrated sunlight. The cross-coupled lens allows the concentration ratio to be very high thereby maximizing the efficiency and minimizing the cost of the cells.
- Another advantageous feature of the cross-coupled lens is its smooth outer surface, which can be easily cleaned by rain or by washing with water and mild detergent. Another feature of the cross-coupled lens is its ability to be manufactured in flat form, and then manipulated into the desired arched shape. Flat lens manufacture is generally easier and more economical than arched lens manufacture. The final arched lens shape is desirable from both optical and mechanical considerations. As shown in U.S. Patent 4,069,812, an arched Fresnel lens is more efficient than a flat Fresnel lens and is structurally superior to a flat lens. Thus a preferred embodiment of the present invention would be implemented through a cross-coupled lens which is arched in order to maximize the efficiency of the concentrator, although the flat lens could be used for applications not requiring high efficiencies.
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cylindrical lens elements 2 can be of constant radius of curvature or varying radius of curvature, depending upon the desired focal spot radiant energy distribution. By varying the radius curvature of theelements 2 from the center of the Fresnel lens to the edge of the Fresnel lens, higher concentration ratios can be obtained. However, such a varying radius of curvature geometry will probably be more expensive than a constant radius of curvature, since the latter can be made by extrusion of acrylic plastic or other materials. The optimal shape of thecylindrical elements 2 will therefore depend upon the specific application of the cross-coupled lens concentrator.
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